Pretreatment technologies are aimed to increase enzyme accessibility to biomass and yields
of fermentable sugars. In general, pretreatment methods fall into four different categories …

Thermophilic microorganisms are attractive candidates for conversion of lignocellulose to
biofuels because they produce robust, effective, carbohydrate-degrading enzymes and …

Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta. Crantz) is a starch‐rich, woody tuberous, root crop
important for food, with little being done to investigate its potential as a bioenergy crop …

The bio-based economy relies on sustainable, plant-derived resources for fuels, chemicals,
materials, food and feed rather than on the evanescent usage of fossil resources. The …

Lignocelluloses from plant cell walls are attractive resources for sustainable biofuel
production. However, conversion of lignocellulose to biofuel is more expensive than other …

The productivity of plants as biofuel or biomaterial crops is established by both the yield of
plant biomass per unit area of land and the efficiency of conversion of the biomass to biofuel …

The concurrence of microorganisms in niches that are hostile like extremes of temperature,
pH, salt concentration and high pressure depends upon novel molecular mechanisms to …

The aim of this review is to give a summary of natural lignocellulose-degrading systems
focusing mainly on animal digestive tracts of wood-feeding insects and ruminants in order to …

Lignin is a major polymer in the secondary plant cell wall and composed of hydrophobic
interlinked hydroxyphenylpropanoid units. The presence of lignin hampers conversion of …

Microbial cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes are widely used in the food, wine, pulp and
paper, textile, and detergent industries and will be heavily utilized by cellulosic biorefineries …